Ron Ankeny Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I was at the range this morning running some loads through the chrono and practicing box to box movement and shooting on the move. I had a box to step into with two small poppers down range in front of it, another box to the right on a diagonal with two paper targets in front of it, and a third box to the left and down range from the second with two small poppers and a paper target. You know the drill, gun in front of face when you get there, shooting as you leave, etc. I shot several runs with my open gun and they were in the 11 to 12 second range. I had my G-19 in the truck so I retrieved it and ran three runs with it and I'll be darned if my times weren't in the 12 second range. I then realized that I was conducting the practice session well within my "comfort" zone. I got the open gun back out, raised the intensity level in my mind a couple of clicks, and went for it like I was in a match. All A zone hits, all steel down in 9.2 seconds. This served as a reminder to pratice like we play... to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Amish 1 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 That's an interesting post, Ron. I have not noticed this in live fire but something similar in dry fire drills. Every now and then, when I lose focus on thew drill at hand and the par time seems hard to reach, I "tense up" on purpose, get a sharp picture of where I want to the gun to be on the target and easily beat the par time. Not sure who said it but I read someone's advice on the forum, to "practice like your live depended on it" or something to that effect. Your "play to win" analogy describes it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks2028 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 it's amazing post. when I lose focus on threw at hand and the par time seems hard to reach, I "tense up" on purpose, get a sharp picture of where I want to the gun to be on the target and easily beat the par time. It's quite interesting to do adventure like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billfer Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I noticed the same thing Rons talking about while practicing Smoke and Hope the other day. I could shoot it all day long (.22 from low draw) with times like 2.28 . Once I decided to "go for it" my times were 2.11 to 2.17 . If I pulled all the stops I recorded 1.96 and 1.99 but both runs had a miss so the score was not recorded in my diary. With practice I should be able to improve the times without missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 i like the idea of really pushing in practice. if you dont push you wont know what can/can't do. push it til the wheels fall off, then put them back on and keep going. with pushing comes the warning as well. never push too hard to be unsafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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